Pocket ornament



Dec. 28, 1954 R. BOVE ETAL POCKET ORNAMENT Filed March 31, 1954 INVENTCR Rosario Bor and hsep/zine BOW? ATTORNEY more particularly to an ornament of the United States Patent POCKET ORNAMENT Rosario Bovc and Josephine Bove, Newark, N. J. Application March 31, 1954, Serial No. 419,995 4 Claims. {CL 2-279) This invention relates to a Pocket Ornament, and type worn in the breast pocket of a suit to simulate a folded handkerchief.

The prior art ornaments of this type have usually included a base of some relatively rigid material and a top portion of fabric attached to the base. The fabric portion of the ornament was cut or folded in such a way as to give it the desired appearance, and, when the ornament was inserted into the breast pocket of a suit, only the fabric portion was visible.

Such a construction was subject to certain objections in use. Since the ornament was used in pockets of different depths, some adjustments in the ornament height were necessary in order to give the most attractive .appearance. This led to a varietyof complicated arrangements for varying the height of the rigid base or for adjustably connecting the fabric to the base so that the height of the fabric portion might be changed. The increased cost of fabrication and the increased difficulty of using such ornaments has prevented them from com ing into wide use.

Furthermore, the folds given the fabric portions of the prior art ornaments have been unsatisfactory from the point of view of shape retention. Inadequate support for the projecting tips and insufiicicnt rigidity in the fabric portion have combined to give constructions which require much attention on the part of the user.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a pocket ornament made entirely of flexible fabric and yet formed so that the visible portion thereof will retain its shape in use. Since the base as well as the upper portion is of flexible material, the user may adjust the height of the ornament as desired by merely folding the base at the desired point. This allows the user to select an extentof protrusion from the pocket which will suit his individual tastes.

Our ornament is made of a number of fabric panels each of which has a pair of vertical side edges and a pair of sloping top edges. The top edges of a panel meet at a point midway between the sides of the panel. The several panels are assembled by folding each of them along the vertical line midway between its side edges, and then placing the sides of one panel around the fold line of an adjacent panel. The panels are held in place by rows of stitching therethrough at locations where the stitching will not be visible when the ornament is in use.

With this construction, the fold line of each fabric is supported on both of its sides by a substantial overlap of the adjacent panel, and it is not possible to bend the tip or point of any one of the panels without also bending the adjacent panel. As a result the shape retention qualities of the construction are very good.

A better understanding of the invention will be gained from a study of the following detailed description'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pocket ornament according to this invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the panels used in forming the ornament of Fig. l, as it appears before being completed;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-section taken along the line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section taken along the line 4-4 in Fig. 1, showing the construction at the bottom edge of the ornament; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing a modification of the invention.

The preferred form of the invention is illustrated in Fig. 1. It is believed that the manner in which it is to be used will be apparent without additional illustration. The use of a folded handkerchief in the breast pocket of a mans suit is well understood, and the ornament 2 shown in Fig. l merely takes the place of the customary folded handkerchief. The ornament .is inserted into the breast pocket so that the tips 4 will protrude above the upper edge of the pocket. The amount of the protrusion is left entirely up to the wearer because the base portion of the ornament may be folded to vary the height thereof without making it too bulky.

In Fig. 2 we have shown one of the panels 6 used in forming the ornament '2 of Fig. 1, after the initial operation in its manufacture. This panel 6 is composed of a first layer or ply '8 of fabric secured by rows of stitching '9 along its side and top edges to the edges of a second fabric layer or ply 10 of the same shape. The bottom edges of the plies 8 and 10 are not connected together. After the stitching operation is completed, the hand is inserted between the plies 8 and 10 through the open bottom of the panel to turn the panel inside out so that the seams along the side and top edges of the panel will be hidden.

Each of the panels 6 is then folded about its vertical center line to form a pair of wings 12 connected together along the vertical fold line 14, and the folded panels are assembled in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. The panels are held in the assembled posit-ion by a row of stitches 11. In Fig. 1, we have shown the row of stitches 11 as tacking stitches, but it will be understood that the type of stitches used may be varied. For example, the tacking stitches may be replaced by machine stitches if desired. The choice of the type of stitching to be used should be made on the basis of the materials used in the ornament so that the finished product will possess a desirable appearance.

It should be noted particularly that the alignment of the several points 4 of the ornament of our invention is assured by the novel relationship between the panels 6 shown in Fig. 3. The wings 12 of each panel overlap the wings 12 of one or more adjacent panels so that it is quite impossible for any one of the panels 6 to bend down or droop relative to any other panel. The entire ornament must be bent in order to bend any of the panels, and the combined resistance of all of the panels is sufiicient to prevent accidental bending of the ornament.

Since the width of both of the plies 8 and 10 of the panel 6 is the same, and since the folding of the panel into the shape shown in Fig. 3 places the ply 10 on the outside of the other ply 8, the stitching 9 along both of the edges of the panel may not be located at the very ends of the wings 12. On one side of the folded panel, the line of juncture between the plies 8 and 10 will be visible on the exposed face of the panel as at 16 in Fig. 3. In assembling the panels 6 into a complete pocket ornament, care is exercised to position the exposed juncture lines 16 of all of the panels 6 on the same side of the ornament so as to make the appearance of each face of the ornament uniform. Both faces are attractive, and the wearer may select which face is to be exposed when the ornament is inserted into his pocket.

The bottom edge of the ornament is finished as indicated in Fig. 4. A strip of fabric 21 is sewed by stitches 22 to that side of the ornament upon which the juncture lines 16 are not visible. The strip 21 is then folded over the line of stitches 22 and around the bottom edges of the panels. The raw edge of the strip is folded under, as at 24, and the end of the strip is sewed in place by the line of stitches 26. It is preferred that the stitches 26 show on the other side of the ornament, just above the initial fold of the strip 21. See Fig. l.

A modification 30 of the invention is shown in Fig. 5. In this embodiment, the panels 31 are each composed of a single layer 32 of fabric having a rolled hem 34 along its side and top edges. same way as the panels 6 of the embodiment Z of FlgS. 1 to 4 to provide Wings 36 and 37 on opposite sides of a The panels 31 are folded in the.

'- fold line 38, and the appearance of the finished orna- .ment is very similar to the appearance of the embodi.-..

sufficient to prevent any of the points of the ornament from drooping over to spoil the appearance of the product.

Since various modifications and alterations will be apparent to persons skilled in the art, the foregoing detailed description is to be considered as exemplary only, and the scope of the invention is to be determined from the claims which follow.

We claim:

1. A pocket ornament adapted for insertion into the breast pocket of a coat so that the top thereof protrudes from said pocket comprising a plurality of fabric panels each of which is folded about a vertical axis near its center to form a pair of wings connected together by a fold zone, and means for securing said panels together with the wings of one panel disposed about the fold zone of an adjacent panel so as to embrace the wings of said adjacent panel.

2. A flexible pocket ornament adapted for insertion into the breast pocket of a coat so that the top thereof protrudes from said pocket comprising a plurality of fabric panels each of which is folded about a vertical axis near its center to form a pair of wings connected together by a fold zone, and a row of stitches securing said folded panels together in nested relation with the wings of each of the panels except an end panel being disposed about the fold zone of an adjacent panel so as to embrace the wings of said'adjacent panel to hold such panel in shape.

3. A flexible pocket ornament adapted for insertion intothe .breast pocket of a coat so that the top thereof protrudes from said pocket comprising a plurality of multi-ply fabric panels each of which is folded about a vertical axis near its center to form a pair of wings connected together by a fold zone, and a row of stitches securing said folded panels together in nested relation with the Wings of each of the panels except an end panel being disposed about the fold zone of an adjacent panel so as to embrace the wings of said adjacent panel to hold such panel in shape. i

4. A method of making a pocket ornament comprising forming each of a plurality of two-ply fabric panels by stitching together two substantially identical plies of fabric along their side and top edges and turning the tube thus formed inside out so that the seams at said edges will be reversed, folding each of said panels about a vertical axis near its center so as to form apair of wings connected together by a fold zone and so as to make said reversed seams visible from one side only of said folded panel, assembling the said panels together in nested relation with the wings of each of the panels except an end panel being disposed about the fold zone of an adjacent panel and with'the reversed seams of all said panels being visible on the same side of the assembly, and stitching across the assembled panels to fasten them together.

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